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Kai Jiptner

3×3 blindfolded · top 7.2% of 12,178 all-time · competing since April 2007 · 2007JIPT01

Kai Jiptner has been competing for 19 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 41.21, set at German Nationals 2012, puts him in the top 7.2% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 19th in Germany. Until August 2009, no official 3×3 blindfolded solve in the world had been that fast. Across 35 competitions since April 2007, he has put 1,529 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.69 in April 2007 to 9.90, a 50% improvement. Kai has entered 35 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 blindfolded
best event — top 7.2% of 12,178 all-time
41.21
signature single · German Nationals 2012
1,529
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 80% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
3×3 blindfolded41.2157.28
top 7.2%19 / 343
3×39.9012.74
top 7.2%371 / 4,109
3×3 Multi-Blind14 of 14 cubes · 50:33—
top 9.2%14 / 142
2×22.934.63
top 13.4%471 / 2,875
3×3 one-handed18.0821.85
top 15.3%203 / 1,314
Pyraminx5.688.06
top 17.6%446 / 1,987
4×447.3158.14
top 21.2%392 / 1,934
4×4 blindfolded5:03.355:39.73
top 22.1%21 / 85
Clock13.0514.71
top 39.8%264 / 634
5×51:48.051:54.10
top 41.2%432 / 1,158
5×5 blindfolded15:22.00—
early days — 2 solves21 / 47
Square-130.8639.85
top 51.0%264 / 533
Megaminx2:17.962:36.08
top 55.3%403 / 787
6×64:32.724:53.87
top 75.3%394 / 586
7×77:52.008:01.27
top 87.5%404 / 510
3×3 Fewest Moves376 moves—
early days — 1 solve338 / 338

Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.

The line so far

German Open 2007: 19.69Wroclaw Open 2007: 18.31Czech Open 2007: 18.70Polish Open 2007: 16.31World Rubik's Cube Championship 2007: 18.31German Championship 2007: 16.18Benelux Open 2008: 14.11German Open 2008: 14.78German Nationals 2008: 13.93Benelux Open 2009: 12.05German Open 2009: 11.42Polish Open 2009: 11.78World Rubik's Cube Championship 2009: 13.03German Nationals 2009: 12.86Benelux Open 2010: 12.36German Open 2010: 12.94Düsseldorf Open 2010: 11.93German Nationals 2010: 11.53European Rubik's Cube Championship 2010: 12.21Munich Open 2010: 10.81Aachen Open 2011: 12.19Alania Open 2011: 12.03Czech Open 2011: 12.58Munich Open 2011: 10.94German Nationals 2011: 11.77German Open 2012: 12.77Berlin Open 2012: 10.86German Nationals 2012: 11.44Berlin Open 2013: 9.90Erfurt Open 2013: 10.50World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 13.17German Nationals 2013: 12.15Erfurt Open 2015: 11.69Berlin Summer Cube Day 2015: 11.63Korean Championship 2017: 12.209.9019.6928 Apr 200728 Jul 2017

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.

Next targets

  • A sub-40 3×3 blindfolded single — 826 people have one; it is 1.21 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.90 away.

Targets move as he improves.